Bright Eyed Child in Chair with Patterned Rug and Wallpaper, Beautiful Antique Mounted Photo antique glass bottles and that seems quite a

and that seems quite a good way to put it to use again

The handmade wooden box was clearly specifically made to house this warming stone--which would be heated in the fire

(I especially love the rectangular stretch of darning straight down the center of Elizabeth's name plate and beyond--perhaps with a few of those letters re-embroidered too

knotted in the back

after several days of seeing schoolgirl fraktur watercolors like this priced through the roof

Bright Eyed Child in Chair with Patterned Rug and Wallpaper, Beautiful Antique Mounted Photo antique glass bottles and that seems quite aA wonderful photograph, with a terrific play of patterns and geometries all turned askew due to angle of the camera, but which framed a straight line across the bottom edge of this child's hat rim! Very rich tonally, dense with detail, very intimate feeling, and what a beautiful child. 5 1 4" x 4 1 4" overall and in good antique condition, c. 1900 or so I believe.